Switch to using relative URLs in group and project lists

Peter Hegmanrequested to merge
547602-project-urls-use-absolute-url-rather-than-relative-url into master

What does this MR do and why?

Related to #547602 (closed) and #541974

There are some self managed configurations where absolute URLs do not work. This is also an issue in Geo. This MR updates the project and groups lists to use relative URLs instead of absolute URLs. It is worth noting that this is really only a band-aid and there are many other places in GitLab that will not work with these unconventional self managed set ups.

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Projects list

Before After
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Groups list

Before After
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Screenshot_2025-07-07_at_12.08.15_PM Screenshot_2025-07-07_at_12.00.13_PM

How to set up and validate locally

Projects list

  1. Go to /dashboard/projects. URLs should work.

Groups list

  1. Go to /rails/features and enable your_work_groups_vue feature flag
  2. Go to /dashboard/groups. URLs should work.

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